My new book: "Homesick and Happy"
I am writing a new book, "Homesick and Happy" about children's experiences away from their parents, when they are at summer camps or years abroad to remind parents that children grow and change when they are away from home.
Please join the conversation about "Homesick and Happy" on my blog or by filling out a questionnaire about camp experiences. There are two quesitonnaires, one for former campers and one for former counselors.
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About Michael
Michael G. Thompson is a psychologist, school consultant, and author or co-author of eight books, including the New York Times bestseller, "Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys," "Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions about Raising Sons" and "Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children." His newest book, "It's a Boy!: Understanding Your Son's Development from Birth to Eighteen was published by Ballantine Books in March of 2008.
A dedicated speaker and traveler, Dr. Thompson has spoken at or consulted to more than 500 schools in the U.S. and abroad. He has appeared on the Today Show, the Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC 20/20 and CBS 60 Minutes. He was the co-author, host and narrator of a two-hour PBS documentary entitled "Raising Cain: Focus on Boys" which aired in January of 2006.
Featured Letter from Reader
I am so grateful and so glad that you and Dr. Kindlon wrote "Raising Cain". Our little son was a late-in-life surprise and we are overcome with love and trepidation. This book is a great source of encouragement to my husband and I. And it is also, apparently, delicious. Behold: my son George.
It's a Boy! published in paperback March, 2009
Dr. Thompson's newest book, which has been called "The definitive guide to raising boys in today's world" is now available in paperback.
It's a Boy!: Your Son's Development From Birth to Age 18 (Order: Ballantine Books, March 2009) has been hailed as "Practical, insightful, wonderfully engaging, and filled with instructive true stories any parent of a son will recognize, It's a Boy! is the definitive guide to raising boys in today's world, revealing with humor, compassion, and joy all the infinite varieties of boys and the deep and profound ways in which we love them."
Your Turn: Q & A
Share your questions in this lively, continuing conversation with Dr. Thompson about parenting and teaching children. Each week, Dr. Thompson will answer two or three questions submitted on the Q & A page. He needs your permission to print your question here, so be sure to submit your question AND the permission on the Q & A page. Visitors may scroll back through all the questions and answer from previous months.
Raising Cain: a Two Hour PBS Documentary
America's boys are in trouble. Boys today are performing and faring worse in the classroom than ten years ago. They struggle between the demand for emotional silence and the need for healthy emotional expression. And as a group they are the most violent in the industrialized world. What's happening to our boys and what can we do to create schools, families and communities where boys can thrive?
High School Students "Deeply Moved" by Raising Cain
Joan Boland, Glen Ridge High School writes: "I thought you might like to know that I use "Raising Cain" in my high school Sociology class. After watching the video and reading some of the PBS.org materials I had the students design a program addressing an issue or issues raised in the program. They had to create a flier for their "program", and write a description of it, including what they expected participants to learn. The results were excellent..."